Dev Diary #114 - Wonderful Upgrades

[Tuscany]

Will any of the wonders be tied to specific bloodlines?

It is not currently planned.

 

[Moulton]

Are the costs a set price or do they scale in some way?

 

[Tuscany]

Will there be an option to build multiple wonders on a single province? For example; I can build a palace and a cathedral in one province, but it is much more expensive and takes more time than building on seperate provinces?

Unfortunately having more than one wonder in a province is not possible.

 

[Tuscany]

Are the costs a set price or do they scale in some way?

Prices are modified by some things but they do not scale.

 

[Moulton]

Can you reveal how many types of base wonders there will be?

 

[Darth.]

I'm sure you can mod this in if you really want it

Alternatively if you find me a good reference for a medieval pyramid slide I will add it myself!

Not medieval but point me anyone who wouldn't want this...maybe let characters with "Lunatic" traits do this.

 

[Rydelfox]

One of the Upgrades you can add to your Wonder is ‘Spikes’. This is a generic Upgrade, meaning you can build it on any Wonder.

This is a Masterwork Hagia Sophia. It menaces with spikes of Obsidian. It is engraved with images of crusaders and the city of Constantinople. The crusaders are laughing. The city of Constantinople is burning. This relates to the sacking of Constantinople in 1204.

 

[Metz]

Are wonders mostly realistic, plausible, or fantasy?

 

[Woifee]

So I can’t have a royal bedchamber in my cathedral?

 

[Patriarch of Bub]

The fortress art is beautiful. I see it was built on a mountain terrain.

Will there be unique upgrade depending on terrain?

 

[BlackPrince]

Will we be able to build Dwarf Fortress, which aside from being a wonderful fortress would also supply us with dwarf courtiers?

This. So I won't be forced anymore to start eugenics projects providing me Dwarves.

 

[Anthonox]

So very exciting. And so many options! Great Fortress means I can build a dynasty of Final Bosses. Especially if they turn into dragons somehow (I don't know how that works yet though).

 

[Metz]

Will the Third Temple in Jerusalem be considered a wonder?

 

[Moulton]

Will it be possible to burn/destroy wonders? if so can you also apply it to holdings?
It's rather disappointing to obtain new duchies and find that the counties are filled with churches.

 

[Tuscany]

Can you reveal how many types of base wonders there will be?

Some of them are still in the 'might not make it in category' but there are just over 20 base types.

 

[Tuscany]

Are wonders mostly realistic, plausible, or fantasy?

In my opinion, lots of them are realistic, Cathedrals, Fortresses etc. The rest are plausible if unlikely, pyramids. Upgrades can be a bit more fantasy but of course can be turned off by game rule.

 

[Moulton]

Are there any government specific wonders?

 

[wolfm33]

Its incredible that you guys keep updating-improving a 7year old game with such interesting new content. Keep up the good work.

 

[Fulgrim]

Will it be possible to destroy your own wonder? For example, to build instead of st. Sophia cathedral the fortress/palace/statue of giant duck?
Can i devote the cathedral to some of my saints ancestors? (Or just to some artifacts - for example build cathedral of st. John if i have his finger?

 

[Moulton]

A very minor problem but would it be possible to remove the auto holding change that republics currently have?
It's quite annoying having the city as the main holding in your other counties as city garrisons tend to be smaller thus not protecting the loot as much. If the castle holding is the primary one then the cities are protected by it, to achieve this currently requires a lot of murdering.